ascensus

Latin

Alternative forms

• adscēnsus

Etymology

Perfect passive participle of ascendō.

Participle

ascēnsus (feminine ascēnsa, neuter ascēnsum); first/second-declension participle

1. ascended
2. risen

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

	singular				plural
	masculine	feminine	neuter		masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	ascēnsus	ascēnsa	ascēnsum		ascēnsī	ascēnsae	ascēnsa
genitive	ascēnsī	ascēnsae	ascēnsī		ascēnsōrum	ascēnsārum	ascēnsōrum
dative	ascēnsō	ascēnsae	ascēnsō		ascēnsīs
accusative	ascēnsum	ascēnsam	ascēnsum		ascēnsōs	ascēnsās	ascēnsa
ablative	ascēnsō	ascēnsā	ascēnsō		ascēnsīs
vocative	ascēnse	ascēnsa	ascēnsum		ascēnsī	ascēnsae	ascēnsa

Noun

ascēnsus m (genitive ascēnsūs); fourth declension

1. ascent

   Synonyms: cōnscēnsus, cōnscēnsiō, ēscēnsiō, ascēnsiō, inscensio, escēnsus

   Antonyms: dēscēnsus, dēcursiō, dēscēnsiō, dēcursus

2. scaling (of a wall)
3. approach

Declension

Fourth-declension noun.

	singular	plural
nominative	ascēnsus	ascēnsūs
genitive	ascēnsūs	ascēnsuum
dative	ascēnsuī	ascēnsibus
accusative	ascēnsum	ascēnsūs
ablative	ascēnsū	ascēnsibus
vocative	ascēnsus	ascēnsūs

Descendants

• Catalan: ascens
• Galician: ascenso
• Portuguese: ascenso
• Spanish: ascenso
  • → Tagalog: asenso

References

• “ascensus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “ascensus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• ascensus in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
• ascensus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.